# United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: : All: Aged 16 and over: %: SA ()

United Kingdom LFS: Employment rate: : All: Aged 16 and over: %: SA () was 60.8% in July 2026, up 0.10 percentage points from June 2026 and unchanged from a year earlier.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 60.0% (Apr 2024) to 62.0% (Jan 2020), averaging 60.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.EMP.M.SA.ITEM-MGSR.MEASURE-RATE`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1971-02-01 to 2026-07-01 (666 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/lfs-employment-rate-all-aged-16-and-over-pct-sa

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| July 2026 | 60.8% |
| June 2026 | 60.7% |
| May 2026 | 60.7% |
| April 2026 | 60.8% |
| March 2026 | 60.7% |
| February 2026 | 60.7% |
| January 2026 | 60.7% |
| December 2025 | 60.7% |
| November 2025 | 60.6% |
| October 2025 | 60.8% |
| September 2025 | 60.7% |
| August 2025 | 60.7% |
| July 2025 | 60.8% |
| June 2025 | 60.8% |
| May 2025 | 60.9% |
| April 2025 | 60.8% |
| March 2025 | 60.6% |
| February 2025 | 60.6% |
| January 2025 | 60.7% |
| December 2024 | 60.6% |
| November 2024 | 60.6% |
| October 2024 | 60.5% |
| September 2024 | 60.5% |
| August 2024 | 60.6% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.M.SA.ITEM-MGSR.MEASURE-RATE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.EMP.M.SA.ITEM-MGSR.MEASURE-RATE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```